[Reader-users] Joined today

[Rob Monitor]

Hi, I was wondering how the optacon worked I seen one back in the early 80's 
but did not have the chants to really look at it...Some one  was using it 
in a ofice and when I asked about it  they said they just got it and did not 
know that much about it...
    thanks rob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evelyn Weckerly" <weckerly at i2k.com>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Joined today


> Hi,
>
> I had an Optacon thanks to the Mott Foundation. I had it from 1980
> until I got version 2 of what is now k1000. I finally sold it to
> someone who desperately wanted a spare because his job depended on
> that technology.
>
> Evelyn
>
> At 07:55 PM 11/28/2006, you wrote:
>>Hi users of the new Kurzweil NFB reader, Ken Lawrence Central  Chapter. 
>>Just
>>joined the list today looking forward to the dialog and the  latest news
>>concerning the reader.  I'm a bit of an old timer so I go back  to
>>the Optacon's
>>glory days.  just wondering how many users of the new  reader used to use 
>>the
>>Optacon?  if you did, hope you saw the item in the  October monitor about 
>>the
>>Optacon survey.  they're looking for users, and  people who don't use 
>>there
>>Optacon any more.  they are thinking of putting  nonuse Optacons back in 
>>to
>>circulation.  if they get enough response to it,  they may relaunch
>>the Optacon
>>with updated circuitry to make it possible for it  to read modern
>>print formats
>>and font sizes used today.  forget the email  address off hand, but
>>does anyone
>>on list remember what happened to the voice  output that was developed at
>>around the same time as the First Kurzweil readers  that was mente for the
>>Optacon?  also on a related question, oops, 2  questions, will
>>future portable
>>readers have a Braille display incorporated in  to it?  and also if a Car 
>>is
>>developed for the blind, it seems a form of  the Kurzweil reader could be
>>incorporated in to it so that a Street sign could  be read or even
>>the menu at a drive
>>through.  Yeah, it's a great time to be  blind Huh?  Ken.
>>
>>I pledge to  participate actively in the efforts of the national 
>>federation
>>of the blind to  achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the
>>blind; to
>>support the  policies and programs of the federation; and abide by it's
>>constitution.
>>
>>
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